The Phoenix and the Carpet (2004)

7.0/10 • 93 min • Family Fantasy Adventure

Overview

Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

Cast

Miriam Margolyes

Cook

Lesley Dunlop

Eliza

Christopher Biggins

Mr. Tonks

Jessica Fox

Anthea

Jean Alexander

Lily

David Suchet

The Phoenix (voice)

Francis Wright

The Psammead (voice)

Shaun Dingwall

Burglar

Gemma Jones

Mrs. Bibble

Ian Keith

Father

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